{"id":27065,"date":"2025-03-06T16:20:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T16:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/david-lloyd-derbyshire-batter-stands-down-as-captain-to-focus-on-own-form\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T16:20:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T16:20:59","slug":"david-lloyd-derbyshire-batter-stands-down-as-captain-to-focus-on-own-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/david-lloyd-derbyshire-batter-stands-down-as-captain-to-focus-on-own-form\/","title":{"rendered":"David Lloyd: Derbyshire batter stands down as captain to focus on own form"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Wrexham-raised batter, who captained Glamorgan before moving to Derbyshire, spoke about the struggles he has previously had dealing with the relentless nature of the summer cricket schedule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It has been an honour for me to captain Derbyshire, and I&#8217;m now looking forward to playing with less pressure on my shoulders,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Derbyshire head coach Mickey Arthur, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/cricket\/articles\/cnvzmzem7eno\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">who signed a one-year contract extension<\/a> with the club earlier this week, said Lloyd&#8217;s &#8220;experience and leadership will still be invaluable&#8221; to the side even if he is not captain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;David has given his all to the captaincy and he has been a fantastic leader for us, but the mental pressures of trying to lead a team, especially while you are trying to rediscover your own form, coupled with having a young family mean it&#8217;s best for all parties if we take some of that weight off his shoulders,&#8221; Arthur said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lloyd&#8217;s successor as captain is yet to be named.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/cricket\/articles\/czjem07kr2wo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wrexham-raised batter, who captained Glamorgan before moving to Derbyshire, spoke about the struggles he has previously had dealing with the relentless nature of the summer cricket schedule. &#8220;It has been an honour for me to captain Derbyshire, and I&#8217;m now looking forward to playing with less pressure on my shoulders,&#8221; he said. Derbyshire head [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27067,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27065\/revisions\/27067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}